El-Baz Leaves SI

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Summary

Farouk El-Baz leaves the directorship of the National Air and Space Museum's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies to become vice president for International Development with Itek Optical Systems, Massachusetts. El-Baz came to the Smithsonian in 1973 to head the Center.

Subject

  • El-Baz, Farouk
  • National Air and Space Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," July 1982, p. 4.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1982

Topic

  • Planets
  • Resignations

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